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Instant macOS install on Proxmox including AMD patches

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Re: Instant macOS install on Proxmox including AMD patches

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Post by drivingmenuts »

trollbridge wrote: post #20

This appears to be under a _very_ restrictive license, from the file `setup`: All rights reserved - You may not copy, reproduce, distribute, publish, display, perform, modify, create derivative works, transmit, or in any way exploit any such content, nor may you distribute any part of this content over any network, including a local area network, sell or offer it for sale, or use such content to construct any kind of…

Perhaps by having such a restrictive licensing scheme, they are hoping to avoid any sort of liability: "I told them they couldn't do that thing!"

IANAL, but I don't think responsibility or liability issues work like that.

Re: Instant macOS install on Proxmox including AMD patches

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Post by shortformblog »

goodburb wrote: post #3
sn0wf1re wrote: post #2

Neat, but this looks very specialized for a single person's config. I wouldn't want to run this on my machine seeing as it removes apt sources and does a bunch of other system changes unrelated to installing a macOS guest. https://github.com/luchina-gabriel/OSX-PROXMOX/blob/7ca3dc81... https://github.com/luchina-gabriel/OSX-PROXMOX/blob/7ca3dc81... https://github.com/luchina-gabriel/OSX-PROXMOX/blob/7ca3dc81...

Despite these being optional tweaks in the menu, I'm also surprised by how this is the default. I guess the options are for PVE updates. "Disclaimer for dev/student/test purposes only." Shouldn't be used with enterprise license, which may be against ToS. The original intent is to avoid custom hardware configurations by using PVE as a layer. Hackintosh on bare metal can take days to figure out on new hardware.

Yes, this is correct. There seem to be a lot of people confused about the benefit of this in the thread, but it’s very simple: This tool exists essentially as a replacement for doing a full Hackintosh build of a system. You install Proxmox on a machine with a GPU, set this up, pass through the GPU and any other PCIe cards you want to run, and you’re in business.

It turns a days-long process into something that you can be up and running within like an hour. With OSX-KVM you have to set up the machine to be ready to do all the stuff like passthrough. This leverages the fact that Proxmox makes all that stuff super-simple.

Re: Instant macOS install on Proxmox including AMD patches

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Post by rmoriz »

henning wrote: post #5

curling some random install script from some domain I've never heard of and is possibly unrelated to this GitHub repo? great! what could possibly go wrong?

The author really hates the Proxmox enterprise repo sources.list.d file, he deletes it several times ('rm -rf') at least in 2 files

Re: Instant macOS install on Proxmox including AMD patches

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Post by shortformblog »

shortformblog wrote: post #10

I use this script on my Z420 with a Xeon and RX570 GPU (which I use to access Mac-specific apps remotely). It works really well. Excellent script, though I can’t go above Monterey with it, because of CPU limitations on the Xeon.

Oh, almost forgot, I actually wrote about my process getting this set up about six months ago:

https://tedium.co/2024/04/08/hackintosh-proxmox-vm-experienc...

On top of the GPU, I pass through a USB-C card. I did have some problems with getting the WiFi card I have working but I have it plugged in via Ethernet anyway so not much of a problem.

My main reason for this is to have an easy way to access graphics software in the relatively rare cases I need access to Photoshop, Illustrator, or InDesign specifically.

Re: Instant macOS install on Proxmox including AMD patches

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Post by TacticalCoder »

shortformblog wrote: post #22
goodburb wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Despite these being optional tweaks in the menu, I'm also surprised by how this is the default. I guess the options are for PVE updates. "Disclaimer for dev/student/test purposes only." Shouldn't be used with enterprise license, which may be against ToS. The original intent is to avoid custom hardware configurations by using PVE as a layer. Hackintosh on bare metal can take days to figure out on new hardware.

Yes, this is correct. There seem to be a lot of people confused about the benefit of this in the thread, but it’s very simple: This tool exists essentially as a replacement for doing a full Hackintosh build of a system. You install Proxmox on a machine with a GPU, set this up, pass through the GPU and any other PCIe cards you want to run, and you’re in business. It turns a days-long process into something that you ca…

> ... pass through the GPU

I've got GPU passthrough working under Proxmox but not for Hackintosh. Will a Hackintosh work with most GPUs or only with certain brands/models?

Re: Instant macOS install on Proxmox including AMD patches

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Post by shortformblog »

TacticalCoder wrote: post #26
shortformblog wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, this is correct. There seem to be a lot of people confused about the benefit of this in the thread, but it’s very simple: This tool exists essentially as a replacement for doing a full Hackintosh build of a system. You install Proxmox on a machine with a GPU, set this up, pass through the GPU and any other PCIe cards you want to run, and you’re in business. It turns a days-long process into something that you ca…

> ... pass through the GPU I've got GPU passthrough working under Proxmox but not for Hackintosh. Will a Hackintosh work with most GPUs or only with certain brands/models?

It has to be AMD specifically, with some cards working better than others. Really old Nvidia cards work if you’re willing to go all the way back to High Sierra, though I haven’t tested it with this specific setup.

Intel iGPUs work on bare metal up until about tenth gen Core series, but I don’t know if you can pass them through with Proxmox.

This list is a good place to start: https://dortania.github.io/GPU-Buyers-Guide/modern-gpus/amd-...

If you just want to mess around, RX 580s are pretty cheap on eBay these days and are fast enough to handle most tasks on a Mac.

Re: Instant macOS install on Proxmox including AMD patches

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Post by BLKNSLVR »

bigiain wrote: post #13
henning wrote: post #5

curling some random install script from some domain I've never heard of and is possibly unrelated to this GitHub repo? great! what could possibly go wrong?

sudo /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://install.jiatan.cn)" What could possibly go wring?

That's the first thing that's ever gone wring!

Re: Instant macOS install on Proxmox including AMD patches

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Post by genewitch »

Saris wrote: post #23

I've come across this one before, but the script is doing apt stuff which is really odd so I didn't use it.

it's removing the enterprise and ceph repos from proxmox. i can take a screenshot to show you what it's removing.

Basically if you're not paying for proxmox, and you're running a single node, there's absolutely no reason to have either of those apt sources in the config.

I don't remove them, and it does pollute the log at the bottom of proxmox interface with apt errors, so i could see why someone would just disable them as a matter of course.

Re: Instant macOS install on Proxmox including AMD patches

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Post by throw0101b »

JamesSwift wrote: post #4
sn0wf1re wrote: post #2

Neat, but this looks very specialized for a single person's config. I wouldn't want to run this on my machine seeing as it removes apt sources and does a bunch of other system changes unrelated to installing a macOS guest. https://github.com/luchina-gabriel/OSX-PROXMOX/blob/7ca3dc81... https://github.com/luchina-gabriel/OSX-PROXMOX/blob/7ca3dc81... https://github.com/luchina-gabriel/OSX-PROXMOX/blob/7ca3dc81...

This is all standard proxmox setup and is step 1 for anyone running the free version

> This is all standard proxmox setup and is step 1 for anyone running the free version

I run the free version and do not delete the Ceph repos (especially since I'm using Ceph amongst my storage options):

    if [ -e /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ceph.list ]; then rm -rf /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ceph.list; fi;
At the very least run a sed command to just comment out any/all lines in the files instead of nuking them.
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